Found an injury on a baby chick

[~chickiddy~do~da~]

I noticed one of my baby chicks had a bloddy scab are on her back yesterday am. Then last night I noticed some of the other babies holding her down with their little feet and taking turns pecking at the scab. I cant make them stop. I have isolated the chick now, but dont know what is causing this behavior. How do I treat the scab, when can I put her back.

I am a newbie, just bought a farm in October and am trying to fill it with fun farm animals, starting with chickens. I have a nice coop that came with the farm.

Not sure what I am doing. I am jumping in head first. I have 58 chickens, 17 ducks, and 2 turkeys. I have only lost 2 chicks since starting this adventure on April 1st and dont want to lose another!

Any suggestions would be appreciated. I have not put the chickens outside yet, are they getting cabin fever? I put the ducks out for the first time on Saturday, it just started getting nice here in South Dakota.

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

It is called pecking. They other chicks peck at the others. What color heat lamp do you have?

 

[ChelC]

They probably only keep pecking at it because it looks curious. The intial pecking could be due to boredom or overcrowding.

 

[~chickiddy~do~da~]

I have a red light. Maybe they are getting crowded...I think I could move them to bigger quarters.